Please see the pics below. Note the metal pushed up against the wheat stalks on the reverse etc. I would like to ask you learned gentlemen if this is an example of a poor job of whizzing? Note the metal pushed up against the wheat stalk and inside the U Look at the mint mark... I've seen some that the top and bottom strokes are a bit long, but this is really exaggerated. Thanks in advance // Bud
Not that I have any useful information on this topic, but you know there are some lady numismatics here too with lots of good info
Thank You... All I have looked at the example above and several different examples on Heritage and still have no clue what to look for. At the risk of sounding dense, what is something that you can see in the above sample? I can't see any hair lines or metal pushed up against a vertical detail or any "strange" looking detail. Why am I so mentally challenged when it comes to this... Sorry group, just don't get it I guess.
I'm curious, in hand can you see evidence of the whizzing ? I ask because you can't really see it in the pictures. Usually, even in pictures, when somebody has whizzed a coin it is plainly evident, much more so in hand.
It is a little difficult to diagnose it as whizzing from the photos but it should be evident that the surfaces have been altered in some way. Whomever did it, didn't bother with the bottom of the neck area. I sold the coin last year, and this is the only closeup photo that I have. I hope it better shows the whizzing.
Yes, much much easier. I remember a few years ago before I had this coin graded that we had this same discussion about this coin. Based on the photos you were not convinced that the coin was whizzed. I had the coin in hand and was 100% sure it had been whizzed. The coin is actually attractive though. At first glance, you notice that something is "wrong" with the luster. Upon closer examination of the surfaces, the whizzing is clearly evident in hand.
This is a 1917 T1 S/Liberty Obverse. The reverse is fine but the obverse obviously has some issues. I took it to a friend of mine and he gave me an up close and personal lesson on Whizzing. (It only cost me 310.00 I spent on this coin last year... OUCH). I had this marked as cleaned details on the website, but changed it to Whizzed just a bit ago. // Thank You Group for all your replies and info... // Bud
The coin is still going to be worth XF money so you should be able to salvage some of your tuition cost. Out of curiosity, where did you purchase the SLQ?
If I decide to ever follow through with my idea of a "Problem Coin Type Set", this coin would certainly be on the top of my list. Very pretty (for a damaged coin). It would be an example of every type of problem, and not of every type of coin.
BigTee 44, Thanks, that was another point I learned from this discussion. And made me feel a bit better about the Lincoln. // Bud
